Viaduct Fishery 28/10/18 Campbell lake

Viaduct fishery 28/10/18 Campbell lake

Hi all it is going to be short and sweet tonight as I am going to Cornwall in the next hour !!! as the wife said  "you have been sat on your arse all day fishing" and the roads will be dead so lets go tonight !!! oh joy

Well it was nice to get that extra hour in bed today which was a bonus but loading up my car it was so cold (sorry we are soft in the south) and we had a frost which is mad as last week I went to Todbar Manor and it was baking hot...so it was looking like it could be a hard day as winter has come to Somerset this week ! it's just a short  trip in the car today  (only 30 mins) from Frome to Somerton to one of the best fishery in the UK ..

We had Campbell lake today which is full of silvers and carp so this should keep most members in the club happy well accept George (best silvers angler in the club) ….. unfortunately we had a few pull out again last minute but still had 15 booked in.  Looking at Viaduct's Facebook page it looks like it has fished harder this week due to the colder weather and yesterdays all silvers winners match there wasn't anyone on Campbell in the top 8 !!!! so I wasn't sure what to go for !! I would have like a day on the silvers but with Danny (Pinocchio baits) fishing for white bait  he would always be hard  to beat  ..so I would just wait to see what peg I got today and make up my mind then !!!

looking form the car park end

We had Shane with us today so we had the money side of thing sorted …as I was waiting in the car park I could see blue light and then a police escort coming down the hill …. and I was thinking "who the hell is that for" yes it was for the guru tart !!! so the club also had £100000 worth of new kit with us today ..

The golden peg today was peg 129 and this was drawn by the Guru tart o it would be safe …… my turn into the tin of dreams and I pulled out peg 119 mmm not sure what to do? as yesterday in the all silver winners match it only had 1-8 !!!! looking at the board I could see the  super stars on pegs 111,124 ie.. Lord C (octopuusy baits) on peg 111 and Danny (Pinocchio baits) on peg 125 and George (best silvers anger in the club) on peg132 .. so I loaded my kit onto the trolley and made my way to peg 119 and it is a peg I have wanted for years I just wish it was in the summer..

on my way I passed Brian (HMRC) on peg 110 "flyer" and then lord C on peg 111 also a good peg and then Stan on peg 112 ..and I said to Stan "you will win it from there"  … getting to my peg it looked nice and was out of the cold wind which was a bonus .

I set up a silvers rig ?? thinking I was better than the guy on it yesterday " I was so wrong "  also a bomb rod and a carp rig to fish into the corner, I mixed up some ground bait and some micros and also set up a wag rod to fish 20 meters …  also on my side tray I had some corn and maggots ..

Looking around I had roger (Hovis baits) next door on peg 118 … Kev was over on peg 123 ..Shane was on peg 124 ….

At the all in I put 1 ball of G/B on the 11m line and 2 on the 14.5 line  also pinged out some pellets onto the bomb line and a small amount of pellets on the corner line . and started on the wag … first hour gone and still waiting for my first bite !!! hour number 2 and still waiting … 2hours 10 and I get a 1oz perch mmm looking around and the only person I could see catching was that man Danny (Pinocchio baits)… class pure class...

And i only added 4 more roach to my perch b the end of the match !!! wow how hard was that ! roger next door on 118 didn't have a bite and he normal frames on this lake ..it was so hard today and at the end of the match Steve the owner said the water temperature had dropped 8 degrees in 2 days !! which had made the fish shut up shop ..

At the end of the match most had packed up early so the scales started on peg 132 with George (best silvers angler in the club) and he said he lost 6 carp in the margin to his right but still put on 28- of carp and 5-0 of silvers for 33-0..the it was the biggest tackle tart in the south west Phil the Guru tart and it most have been solid as he had 53-15 of carp and 1-9 of silvers for 55-8 to go into the lead and at this point he was winning the golden peg !!! D.T on peg 128 had 15-2 … Tony N had 6-0 of silvers then it was the big gun !! Danny (Pinocchio baits) who had 500 eyes for 6-5 .. then the pegs 124,123,119,118,116,115,114 all had DNW!!!!! . Then it was Stan on peg 112 who had 56-8 to go into the lead by a pound!! the Lord c on peg 111 also had a DNW and last to put any fish on the scales was Brain on peg 110 "flyer" and he has 25-3 … SO a hard day for us all but it was Steve longs easiest day this year !! but saying that the open match on Cary also looked like it fished hard ….

so the winners today :

1st overall Stan peg 112 56-8

2nd overall The Guru tart peg 129 55-8

1st silvers Danny (Pinocchio baits) peg 125 6-5

2nd silvers Tony N peg 127 6-0

Well done to all

Next week we are at Trinity waters so if you want to fish then please book in with Phil … have a good one !! Christ peg 129 was solid !!!